31975R0160

No L 19 / 20 24 . 1 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 160/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 23 January 1975 fixing the export levies on cereals

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the situation described above can be said to COMMUNITIES, exist at the present time ; whereas to ensure supplies in the Community an export levy should be intro­ ducted for common wheat, barley, rye, oats, maize, millet and sorghum ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas, in view of the relationship between the basic product and the products processed from it and given the market situation for certain processed products, an Having regard to Council Regulation No 120/ export levy for certain of these products must also be 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ fixed ; tion of the market in cereals, as last amended by Regu­ lation ( EEC) No 85/75 (2) ; Whereas the threshold prices for the 1974/75 marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1 427/74 (5) of 4 June 1974, as amended by Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Regulation ( EEC) No 25 1 8 /74 ( 6) ; 1968 /73 (3) of 19 July 1973 laying down general rules to be applied in the event of the cereals market being Whereas Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1968 /73 disturbed, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No specifies that when the export levy is being fixed 86/75 (4) and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ; account must be taken of the existing situation and the future trend with regard to prices and availabilities of cereals on the Community market on the one hand Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary and prices for cereals and cereal products on the word Committee ; market on the other ; whereas the same article provides that it is also important to ensure equili­ brium and the natural development of prices and trade on cereal markets and furthermore, to take into Whereas Article 19 of Regulation No 1 20 /67/ EEC provides that measures may be taken when the quota­ account the economic aspect of the proposed exports and the need to avoid disturbances on the Commu­ tions or prices on the world market for one or more products reach the level of Community prices ; nity market ; whereas that situation is likely to continue and to dete­ riorate, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb Whereas for the products, other than starches, listed the Community market ; in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation No 1 20/ 67/ EEC the specific factors set out in Article 3 (2) of Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 1968 / 73 must also be taken into account ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1968 /73 specifies that the quotations or prices on the world market shall be Whereas the export levy may be varied if the world regarded as having reached the level of Community market situation or the specific requirements of prices when they approach or exceed the threshold certain markets make this necessary ; price ; whereas the continuation and the deterioration of that situation may be regarded as being likely to Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the continue where an imbalance between supply and following should be used to calculate the levies : demand is established and where this imbalance is likely to persist, having regard to foreseeable produc­ — for currencies the exchange rates for which are . tion and market price trends ; kept at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , at a conversion rate based on their actual parity ; Whereas the high level of prices in international trade — for other currencies a conversion rate based on the could impede importation of common wheat, barley , arithmetic mean of the spot market rates for each rye, oats, maize, millet and sorghum into the Commu­ of these currencies against the Community curren­ nity or provoke exportation from the Community ; cies referred to in the preceding paragraph over a specified period ; (• OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2269/67 . (2) OJ No L 1 1 , 16 . 1 . 1975, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 201 , 21 . 7 . 1973 , p. 10 . (>) OJ No L 151, 8 . 6 . 1974, p . I. (4 ) OJ No L 1 1 , 16. 1 . 1975, p. 2 . (") OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p . 1 .

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Whereas it follows from applying the rules outlined HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : above to the present situation on the market in Article 1 cereals, and in particular to quotations or prices for these products within the Community and on the The export levies referred to in the first indent of world market, that the export levies, should be fixed Article 2 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1968/73 are as shown in the Annex to this Regulation ; hereby fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex. Article 2 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 January ment Committee for Cereals, 1975 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 23 January 1975 . For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 23 January 1975 fixing the export levies in the cereals sector

CCT heading No Description u.a./metric ton

ex 10.01 A 0 Common wheat and meslin , excluding officially certified seeds ( ! )

ex 10.02 Rye, excluding officially certified seeds (')

ex 10.03 Barley, excluding officially certified seeds (*)

ex 10.04 Oats, excluding officially certified seeds (*)

10.05 B 0 Maize other than hybrid maize for sowing

10.07 B Millet 15-00

10.07 C 0 Grain sorghum

ex 11.01 A Wheat flour

11.02 A I a ) Durum wheat groats and meal

11.02 A lb ) Common wheat groats and meal

11.01 Flour of cereals :

0 C. Barley flour

D. Oat flour 0

F„ Maize flour : 0 I. Of a fat content not exceeding 1.5 % by weight II. Other 0

H. Millet flour 9-00

0 K. Grain sorghum flour

11.02 Cereal groats and cereal meal ; other worked cereal grains (for example, rolled, flaked, polished, pearled or kibbled, but not further prepared), except husked, glazed, polished or broken rice ; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground : A. Cereal groats and cereal meal : IL Rye III. Barley : a) Of an ash content not exceeding 1 % by weight 0 b) Barley groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A III a) IV. Oats : a) Of an ash content not exceeding 2.3 % by weight 0 b) Oat groats and meal not included under No 11.02 A IV a)

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CCT heading u . a . /metric tor. No Description

II . 02 V. Maize : (cont'd) a ) Of a fat content not exceeding 1.5 % by weight : 1 . For the brewing industry 0 2 . Other 0 b) Other 0 VIII . Millet 9-00 IX . Grain sorghum 0

IV Hulled grains (shelled or husked), whether or not sliced or kibbled : I . Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet : a ) hulled (shelled or husked) : 1 . Barley (2) 2 . Oats : aa ) Clipped oats bb) Other : ( 11 ) Of an ash content not exceeding 2.3 % by weight (*) 0 (22) Other (*) 4 . Millet 9-00 b ) Hulled and sliced or kibbled ('Grütze or grutten') : 1 . Barley (2) 2 . Oats : aa) Of an ash content not exceeding 2-3 % by weight (2) 0 bb ) Other (2 ) 4. Millet (2) 9-00 II . Other cereals : a) Wheat (2) 0 b) Rye (2) c) Maize (2) 0 d) Grain sorghum (2) 0

C. Pearled grains : I. Wheat (3) 0 II. Rye (3) III . Barley : a) Of an ash content (without talc) not exceeding 1 °/o by weight — 1st category (3) 0 b) Other (3) IV. Oats (3) V. Maize (3) 0 VII . Millet (a) 9-00 VIII. Grain sorghum (3) 0

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CCT heading No Description u . a . / metric ton

11.02 D. Grains not otherwise worked than kibbled : (cont'd) I. Wheat 0 II. Rye III. Barley IV. Oats V. Maize 0 VII . Millet 9-00 VIII. Grain sorghum 0 ?rE. Rolled grains ; flaked grains : I. Barley, oats, buckwheat and millet : a ) Rolled : 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 4 . Millet 9-00 b) Flaked : 0 1 . Barley 2 . Oats 0 4 . Millet 9-00 II . Other cereals : 0 a) Wheat b) Rye c) Maize 0 0 d) Grain sorghum F. Pellets : I. Wheat 0 II. Rye III. Barley IV. Oats V. Maize 0 VIII. Millet 9-00 IX . Grain sorghum 0 G. Gem of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground I. Wheat 0 II. Other 0

11.07 Malt, roasted or not : A. Unroasted : I. Obtained from wheat : a ) In the form of flour 0 b ) Other 0

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CCT heading u. a. / metric ton No Description

11.07 II . Other : (cont'd) a) In the form of flour b ) Other

B. Roasted

23.02 Bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting, milling or working of cereals or of leguminous vegetables :

A. Of cereals :

I. Of maize : 0 a ) With a starch content not exceeding 35 % by weight b) Other : 1 . With a starch content exceeding 35 %> but not exceeding 45 °/o by weight, and having undergone a denaturing process 0 2 . Other 0 II . Of other cereals : a ) Of which the starch content does not exceed 28 °/o by weight, and of which the percentage which passes through a sieve with an aperture of 0-2 mm does not exceed 10 % by weight or of which the sieved pro­ duct has an ash content, calculated on the dry product, of 1-5 °/« or 0 more by weight 0 b) Other

23.07 Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding :

B. Other, containing starch, glucose or glucose syrup falling within subheadings 17.02 B and 17.05 B , or milk products, mixed with other products too : ex I. Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, covered by Regulation (EEC) No 968/68, of a milk powder content of less than 50 °/o by weight and of cereal products (4) content by weight : — Exceeding 5 °/o but not exceeding 15 °/o 0 — Exceeding 15 °/o but not exceeding 30 °/o 0 — Exceeding 30 %> but not exceeding 50 °/o 0 — Exceeding 50 % but not exceeding 65 °/o 0 — Exceeding 65 % 0

(*) Officially certified seeds are understood to be those seeds contained in the packages officially sealed and officially labelled as "'basic seed ', ' certified seed , first generation ', ' certified seed , second generation ' conforming to the provisions of the Council Directive of 14. June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ( OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66) and of the Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on the equivalence of seed produced in Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom ( OJ No L 106, 20. 4 . 1973 , p. 12). (') Hulled grains are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821 /68 (OJ No L 149 , 29 . 6. 1968 , p. 46). (•) Pearled grains are grains corresponding to the definition given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 821 /68 ( OJ No L 149 , 29 . 6 . 1968 , p. 46). (4) ' Cereals products ' means the products falling within Chapter 10 and heading Nos 11.01 and 11.02 (excluding subheading 11.02 G) of the Common Customs Tariff .